“That’s a lot of equipment in a 16-foot boat. It suggests it was overloaded,” said John Wisse, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, which is investigating the accident.

Khalil, 40, of Blue Winged Drive in Howland, died in the accident. The two other men were rescued by the Mecca Township Fire Department after holding onto flotation devices for about an hour.